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OTTAWA — Canada’s telecommunications regulator has launched a consultation to determine whether the country’s Big 3 providers should be able access wholesale fibre internet services. The move comes in response to an order from the federal cabinet, which earlier this month denied an appeal filed by BCE Inc. of a partial CRTC decision last year. […]

TORONTO — The federal government’s “meaty” move to pause federal sales tax on a long list of items and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring could factor into an improving outlook for growth in 2025, economists say. The plan, which will cost about $6.3 billion, could put some upward pressure on inflation, Bank […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained more than 350 points Thursday in a broad rally led by energy and technology stocks, while U.S. markets also rose, led by a one-per-cent gain on the Dow. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 354.22 points at 25,390.68. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP says his committee colleagues are wasting time by launching a third inquiry into the former employment minister instead of focusing on important legislation for Indigenous Peoples. Jaime Battiste, who is Mi’kmaq, said there has been an “attack” on fellow Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault, who left his position as employment minister […]

TORONTO — The federal government’s “meaty” move to pause federal sales tax on a long list of items and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring could factor into an improving outlook for growth in 2025, one economist says. Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter says the moves, which will cost about $6.3 […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition leader is accusing the government of creating a “cash-for-access culture” and is asking the province’s integrity commissioner to look into an upcoming Progressive Conservative party fundraiser with the premier and transportation minister. The fundraiser is billed as an evening with Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria, and tickets are selling for $1,000. […]

TORONTO — York United FC has promoted assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio to head coach, filling the void left by Mexican Benjamin Mora’s departure. Mora, a finalist for Canadian Premier League coach of the year, left the club earlier this month after five months and 22 matches at the helm. He said he had been unable […]

OTTAWA — A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest and the lawyer representing the man’s family had several testy exchanges today at a coroner’s inquest into the death. Former Const. David Weir is among those testifying at the inquest examining the circumstances of 38-year-old […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday. “Our government can’t set prices at the checkout, but we can put more money in people’s […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says eligible businesses will be getting a share of $2 billion that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is returning due to a surplus. This marks the second time the WSIB has given a surplus back to employers, having distributed $1.2 billion in 2022. Businesses are eligible if they […]